50 Spooktacular Halloween Baking and Sweet Treat Recipes: A Step-by-Step Guide

Halloween is the perfect time to bring some spine-chilling creativity into the kitchen. Whether you’re hosting a party or looking for fun family activities, these 50 Spooktacular Halloween baking and sweet treat recipes will help you whip up eerie delights that are as delicious as they are spooky. Grab your ingredients, channel your inner chef, and let’s get started!

1. Witch Finger Cookies

Ingredients:

• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Whole almonds for nails
• Red food coloring

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add the egg and vanilla; mix until combined.
4. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt.
5. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mix.
6. Shape the dough into long, thin finger shapes.
7. Press an almond on one end as a “nail.”
8. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Drip red food coloring around the almond for a bloody effect.

2. Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Ingredients:

• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 5 tbsp melted butter
• 16 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp pumpkin spice
• 2 large eggs

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 325°F (163°C).
2. Mix graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter; press into a baking dish.
3. Beat cream cheese, pumpkin, and sugar until smooth.
4. Add eggs and pumpkin spice, blending well.
5. Pour over crust and bake for 30-35 minutes until set.

3. Mummy Hot Dogs

Ingredients:

• 1 can crescent roll dough
• 10 hot dogs
• Mustard for eyes

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
2. Cut crescent dough into thin strips.
3. Wrap each hot dog in the dough, leaving a small gap for the eyes.
4. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden.
5. Dot mustard to create eyes in the gaps.

4. Spider Web Brownies

Ingredients:

• 1 box brownie mix (or your homemade recipe)
• 1/2 cup white chocolate
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions:

1. Bake brownies according to the package or your recipe.
2. Melt the white and semi-sweet chocolate separately.
3. Spread semi-sweet chocolate on top of cooled brownies.
4. Pipe concentric circles of white chocolate over the top.
5. Drag a toothpick from the center outward to create a spider-web pattern.

5. Ghost Meringue Pops

Ingredients:

• 4 large egg whites
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
• Chocolate chips for eyes

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 225°F (110°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment.
2. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form, then gradually add sugar and cream of tartar.
3. Beat until stiff, glossy peaks form.
4. Pipe ghost shapes onto the baking sheet.
5. Bake for 1.5 to 2 hours until crisp but not browned.
6. Add chocolate chip eyes while still warm.

6. Monster Eye Cake Pops

Ingredients:

• 1 box cake mix (plus ingredients required for the cake)
• 1/2 cup frosting
• Candy eyeballs
• 1 package white candy melts

Instructions:

1. Bake the cake and crumble it into fine crumbs.
2. Mix with frosting until the consistency allows you to form balls.
3. Roll into cake balls, insert a lollipop stick, and freeze for 30 minutes.
4. Melt the candy melts and dip each ball to coat.
5. Add candy eyeballs while wet, then let them set.

7. Candy Corn Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 1 box vanilla cake mix
• Yellow and orange food coloring
• Vanilla frosting
• Candy corn for decoration

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven and prepare cake mix as directed.
2. Divide batter into two bowls, dye one yellow and the other orange.
3. Layer yellow batter first, followed by orange in cupcake liners.
4. Bake and let cool completely.
5. Frost with vanilla frosting and top with candy corn.

8. Vampire Bite Red Velvet Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 1 box red velvet cake mix
• 1/2 cup cream cheese frosting
• Red gel food coloring
• Edible fake blood (or raspberry syrup)

Instructions:

1. Prepare red velvet cupcakes and let cool.
2. Frost with cream cheese frosting.
3. Use a toothpick to create small “bite marks.”
4. Drip red gel food coloring or edible fake blood from the marks to simulate blood.

9. Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp butter
• 10 oz marshmallows
• 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
• Green food coloring
• Chocolate chips for eyes
• Black licorice for hair

Instructions:

1. Melt butter and marshmallows together in a large pot.
2. Stir in green food coloring until the mixture turns Frankenstein green.
3. Add Rice Krispies and stir to coat.
4. Press into a greased pan, let cool, and cut into rectangles.
5. Add chocolate chip eyes and licorice hair to each rectangle.

10. Pumpkin Patch Dirt Cups

Ingredients:

• 2 cups chocolate pudding
• 1 cup crushed Oreos
• Candy pumpkins

Instructions:

1. Layer chocolate pudding in cups.
2. Top with crushed Oreos to resemble dirt.
3. Place candy pumpkins on top to create a mini pumpkin patch.

11. Bloody Red Velvet Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 box red velvet cake mix
• Cream cheese frosting
• Red syrup or edible fake blood

Instructions:

1. Prepare red velvet cake according to instructions.
2. Layer and frost with cream cheese frosting.
3. Drip red syrup over the cake for a gory finish.

12. Spider Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 batch of your favorite chocolate chip cookies
• Mini peanut butter cups
• Black gel icing for legs
• Candy eyes

Instructions:

• Add candy eyes to the peanut butter cup to finish the spider look.
• Bake chocolate chip cookies and allow them to cool.
• Press a mini peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie.
• Use black gel icing to create spider legs extending from the peanut butter cup.

13. Eyeball Oreo Truffles

Ingredients:

• 1 package Oreo cookies
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 package white candy melts
• Candy eyeballs

Instructions:

1. Crush Oreo cookies into fine crumbs.
2. Mix in cream cheese until fully combined.
3. Roll mixture into small balls and chill for 30 minutes.
4. Dip in melted white candy melts.
5. Top each truffle with a candy eyeball before the coating hardens.

14. Bloody Broken Glass Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 1 batch vanilla cupcakes
• Clear candy shards (sugar cooked to hard-crack stage)
• Raspberry sauce for blood effect

Instructions:

1. Prepare vanilla cupcakes and let cool.
2. Insert clear candy shards into each cupcake.
3. Drizzle raspberry sauce to mimic blood around the candy glass.

15. Bat Wing Brownie Bites

Ingredients:

• 1 batch brownies
• 1/2 cup chocolate frosting
• Oreo cookies for wings
• Candy eyes

Instructions:

1. Bake brownies and cut into small circles.
2. Frost each brownie bite with chocolate frosting.
3. Split Oreo cookies and press halves into the sides of each brownie bite to create wings.
4. Add candy eyes for a finishing touch.

16. Skeleton Pretzel Rods

Ingredients:

• Large pretzel rods
• White candy melts
• Black gel icing for details

Instructions:

1. Melt white candy melts and dip pretzel rods, coating them fully.
2. Lay on parchment paper and allow them to harden.
3. Use black gel icing to draw skeleton faces and bones.

17. Pumpkin Spice Whoopie Pies

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• Cream cheese frosting

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Mix dry ingredients in one bowl, wet ingredients in another.
2. Combine and drop spoonfuls onto a lined baking sheet.
3. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
4. Cool completely, then sandwich cream cheese frosting between two cookies.

18. Creepy Crawly Chocolate Bark

Ingredients:

• 1 lb dark chocolate
• Gummy worms
• Halloween sprinkles

Instructions:

1. Melt dark chocolate and pour onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
2. Sprinkle gummy worms and Halloween sprinkles over the top.
3. Let it harden in the fridge before breaking into pieces.

19. Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Filling

Ingredients:

• 1 can pumpkin puree
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 4 oz cream cheese, softened

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. Mix pumpkin, oil, sugar, and eggs together.
3. In a separate bowl, blend cream cheese until smooth.
4. Layer pumpkin bread batter and cream cheese in a loaf pan.
5. Bake for 45-50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.

20. Candy Corn Fudge

Ingredients:

• 2 cups white chocolate chips
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• Yellow and orange food coloring
• Candy corn

Instructions:

1. Melt white chocolate chips with condensed milk.
2. Divide into two bowls and dye one yellow, the other orange.
3. Layer the yellow, orange, and plain white mixtures in a pan.
4. Top with candy corn and chill until set.

21. Zombie Brain Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 1 batch red velvet cupcakes
• Brain-shaped candy mold
• Red food gel

Instructions:

1. Bake red velvet cupcakes and let cool.
2. Use brain-shaped molds to create candy brains with melted white chocolate.
3. Place a brain candy on each cupcake and drizzle red food gel for a bloody effect.

22. Monster Rice Krispies Treats

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp butter
• 10 oz marshmallows
• 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
• Green, purple, and blue food coloring
• Candy eyes

Instructions:

1. Melt butter and marshmallows, divide into three bowls.
2. Color each batch with green, purple, and blue food coloring.
3. Stir in cereal and press into a greased pan.
4. Cut into squares and decorate with candy eyes.

23. Ghoulish Green Slime Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 1 batch vanilla cupcakes
• Green slime (lime gelatin)
• Whipped cream frosting

Instructions:

1. Bake vanilla cupcakes and cool.
2. Hollow out the center and fill with lime gelatin.
3. Frost with whipped cream and top with green sprinkles.

24. Candy Corn Meringue Kisses

Ingredients:

• 4 large egg whites
• 1 cup sugar
• Yellow and orange food coloring

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 200°F (93°C).
2. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form, gradually adding sugar until stiff peaks form.
3. Divide into three bowls, color one yellow, one orange, and leave one white.
4. Pipe into small meringue kisses on a baking sheet.
5. Bake for 1.5-2 hours until firm.

25. Bloody Marshmallow Popcorn Balls

Ingredients:

• 10 cups popped popcorn
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 bag marshmallows
• Red food gel for blood effect

Instructions:

• Form into balls and drizzle with red food gel for a bloody look.
• Melt butter and marshmallows in a pot.
• Pour over popcorn and mix until evenly coated.

26. Spider Web Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 batch sugar cookie dough
• Black and white royal icing
• Toothpick for spider web effect

Instructions:

1. Roll out sugar cookie dough and cut into round shapes.
2. Bake as directed and cool completely.
3. Flood the cookies with white royal icing.
4. Pipe black icing in concentric circles on top of the white.
5. Use a toothpick to drag lines from the center outward to create a spider web effect.

27. Melted Witch Bark

Ingredients:

• 12 oz green candy melts
• Pretzel sticks
• Black licorice (for witch’s hat)
• Candy witch feet or sprinkles

Instructions:

1. Melt green candy melts and pour onto a parchment-lined sheet.
2. Arrange pretzel sticks as broom handles and use black licorice for the hats.
3. Add candy witch feet for the melted witch look.
4. Let harden before breaking into pieces.

28. Graveyard Pudding Cups

Ingredients:

• 2 cups chocolate pudding
• 1 cup crushed Oreos
• Chocolate cookies for tombstones
• Gel icing for writing

Instructions:

1. Layer chocolate pudding into small cups.
2. Top with crushed Oreos to resemble dirt.
3. Use chocolate cookies as tombstones, writing “RIP” on each with gel icing.
4. Stick the tombstones into the pudding and add gummy worms for an extra spooky touch.

29. Monster Mouth Apple Slices

Ingredients:

• 4 apples, sliced into wedges
• Peanut butter
• Mini marshmallows
• Slivered almonds (optional)

Instructions:

1. Spread peanut butter on one side of each apple slice.
2. Sandwich two slices together, adding mini marshmallows between to resemble teeth.
3. Use slivered almonds as fangs for an extra creepy bite.

30. Black Cat Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 1 batch chocolate cupcakes
• Black frosting
• Black licorice for whiskers
• Chocolate chips for ears
• Candy eyes

Instructions:

• Use black licorice strips as whiskers.
• Frost chocolate cupcakes with black frosting.
• Add candy eyes and press chocolate chips into the frosting for ears.

31. Ghostly Cheesecake Bites

Ingredients:

• 1 batch cheesecake (baked and chilled)
• White chocolate for dipping
• Black gel icing for eyes

Instructions:

1. Cut cheesecake into bite-sized squares.
2. Dip each square into melted white chocolate.
3. Allow to cool, then use black gel icing to add ghostly eyes and a mouth.

32. Witch Hat Cupcakes

Ingredients:

• 1 batch cupcakes
• Chocolate frosting
• Chocolate sugar cones
• Orange icing for decoration

Instructions:

1. Frost cupcakes with chocolate frosting.
2. Place a chocolate sugar cone upside down on top of each cupcake to create a witch hat.
3. Decorate the base of the cone with orange icing to mimic the hatband.

33. Jack-O’-Lantern Rice Krispies Treats

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp butter
• 10 oz marshmallows
• 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
• Orange food coloring
• Green icing for stems

Instructions:

1. Melt butter and marshmallows, stirring in orange food coloring.
2. Mix in Rice Krispies cereal and shape into pumpkin balls while warm.
3. Use green icing to create the pumpkin stem and a black food pen to draw faces.

34. Witch’s Brew Punch

Ingredients:

• 2 liters lemon-lime soda
• 1 quart lime sherbet
• Gummy worms for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a punch bowl, combine soda and sherbet.
2. Stir gently to create a frothy, bubbling brew.
3. Garnish with gummy worms to make it extra spooky.

35. Mummy Brownie Bites

Ingredients:

• 1 batch brownies
• White frosting
• Candy eyes

Instructions:

1. Cut brownies into small squares or circles.
2. Pipe white frosting in zigzag patterns to mimic mummy bandages.
3. Place candy eyes peeking through the frosting.

36. Zombie Finger Pretzels

Ingredients:

• 12 large pretzel rods
• Green candy melts
• Slivered almonds for nails
• Red gel icing

Instructions:

1. Melt green candy melts and dip each pretzel rod to coat.
2. Press a slivered almond at one end to create a fingernail.
3. Use red gel icing to add a bloody effect at the other end.

37. Spooky Bat Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 box chocolate cake mix
• Black frosting
• Oreo cookies for wings
• Candy eyes

Instructions:

1. Bake cake according to the box instructions and let cool.
2. Frost the cake with black frosting.
3. Break Oreo cookies in half to form bat wings and press them into the sides of the cake.
4. Add candy eyes to complete the bat look.

38. Brain Jello Shots

Ingredients:

• 1 package strawberry gelatin
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup vodka (optional)
• Brain-shaped mold

Instructions:

1. Prepare gelatin according to package instructions, replacing some of the water with vodka if desired.
2. Pour into a brain-shaped mold and refrigerate until set.
3. Serve chilled for a gruesome yet tasty treat.

39. Candy Corn Macarons

Ingredients:

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup almond flour
• 3 egg whites
• Yellow and orange food coloring
• Buttercream filling

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C).
2. Mix almond flour and powdered sugar in a bowl.
3. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, then fold in dry ingredients.
4. Divide batter and color one half orange and the other yellow.
5. Pipe circles on a baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes.
6. Sandwich with buttercream filling once cooled.

40. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Instructions:

• Bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
• Mix dry ingredients in one bowl and wet ingredients in another.
• Combine both, fold in chocolate chips, and pour into muffin tins.

41. Ghost Pretzel Sticks

Ingredients:

• Large pretzel rods
• White candy melts
• Black gel icing for eyes

Instructions:

1. Melt white candy melts and dip pretzel rods to coat.
2. Place on parchment paper to set.
3. Use black gel icing to add ghostly eyes and mouths.

42. Halloween Bark

Ingredients:

• 1 lb white chocolate
• 1 cup Halloween candy (M&M’s, candy corn, etc.)

Instructions:

1. Melt white chocolate and spread onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
2. Sprinkle Halloween candy over the top while the chocolate is still wet.
3. Let harden before breaking into pieces.

43. Bloody Thumbprint Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 batch sugar cookie dough
• Raspberry jam

Instructions:

1. Roll sugar cookie dough into balls and press your thumb into the center of each.
2. Fill the indentation with raspberry jam to resemble blood.
3. Bake as directed and cool before serving.

44. Monster Eye Donuts

Ingredients:

• 1 batch baked donuts
• white frosting
• Red frosting or red melted candy
• Candy eyeballs

Instructions:

1. Frost the donuts with white frosting. Set aside.
2. Use red frosting or red melted candy to create vein lines
3. Add candy eyeball at the center to create a monster effect.

45. Bat Oreos

Ingredients:

• Oreo cookies
• Mini chocolate chips
• Candy eyeballs

Instructions:

1. Split Oreo cookies in half and attach the halve Oreo cookies to create bat wings.
2. Use frosting to attach candy eyeballs to the top of the Oreo and mini chocolate chips to create bat ears.

46. Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup pumpkin puree

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. Mix dry ingredients, then stir in pumpkin puree and sugar.
3. Roll dough into small balls and bake for 10-12 minutes.
4. Toss in cinnamon sugar after baking.

47. Witch’s Hat Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 batch chocolate cookies
• Chocolate kisses
• Orange icing for decoration

Instructions:

1. Bake chocolate cookies and let cool.
2. Press a chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie.
3. Decorate the base of the kiss with orange icing to create a hatband.

48. Ghost Brownie Pops

Ingredients:

• 1 batch brownies
• White candy melts
• Black icing for eyes

Instructions:

1. Bake brownies and cut into small squares.
2. Insert a lollipop stick into each square.
3. Dip in melted white candy melts and decorate with black icing for ghost faces.

49. Candy Corn Cheesecake Bars

Ingredients:

• 1 batch cheesecake batter
• Yellow and orange food coloring
• Graham cracker crust

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. Divide cheesecake batter into three bowls and color one yellow, one orange, and leave one white.
3. Layer the colors over a graham cracker crust.
4. Bake for 35-40 minutes and cool before slicing.

50. Gingerbread Skeleton Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 batch gingerbread cookie dough
• White royal icing

Instructions:

• Use white royal icing to pipe skeleton designs onto the cookies.
• Roll out gingerbread dough and cut into skeleton shapes.
• Bake as directed and cool completely.

With these recipes, you’ll have a kitchen full of spooky fun and tasty delights this Halloween! Whether you’re making zombie cupcakes or slime-filled desserts, these ghoulish creations will be a hit at any Halloween party.